Linear β-1,2-glucans trigger immune hallmarks and enhance disease resistance in plants
María Fuertes-Rabanal, Asier Largo-Gosens, Alicia Fischer, Kristina S Munzert, Cristian Carrasco-López, Andrea Sánchez-Vallet, Timo Engelsdorf, Hugo Mélida · 2024
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Maria Fuertes-Rabanal and co-authors find that a simple sugar chain from microbes switches on plant immunity, in a 2024 study. Plants detect molecular patterns from invaders through surface receptors. That first alarm shapes the whole defense that follows. Sugars were suspected triggers, but which forms work was unclear.
The team tested several microbe-derived sugars on plants. Short linear chains of one type stood out. They raised reactive oxygen output and switched on defense genes. Kinase signaling also lit up, a classic alarm hallmark. Plants treated with the sugar resisted disease better. A cheap, natural trigger of this kind could become a crop protectant that primes plants before infection arrives.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | María Fuertes-Rabanal, Asier Largo-Gosens, Alicia Fischer, Kristina S Munzert, Cristian Carrasco-López, Andrea Sánchez-Vallet, Timo Engelsdorf, Hugo Mélida |
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| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |